Shot-case



(No Model.)

B. GORWIN; Shot Case,

No. 241,307. Patented May 10,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN OORWIN, OF PLEASANTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOT-OAS E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,307, dated May 10,1881.

Application filed March 26, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN OoEwIN, of Pleasantville, in the county ofVenango and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Shot-Gases; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a front elevation of my improved shot-case. Fig. 2 is across-section of the same, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view ofthe shot-measurer.

My invention relates to shot-cases for holding shot; and it consists ina case in which the different sizes of shot are divided into separatebins or receptacles which discharge into adjustable measurers, by meansof which a certain amount of shot may be drawn from the case.

In the drawings, a represents the body of the case, which may be of anysuitable size. A convenient size, however, is about two feet in length,nine inches in depth or width, and sixteen inches high. The top of thiscase is divided into any desired number of bins or compartments b, thepartitions extending across the case. These bins have preferably asloping bottom, 0, at the lowest point of which are openings cl.Directly under each of these openings d is a cylinder, 0, fastened insuitable bearings and fitting against the openings (1. Each of thecylinders e is provided with a handle, j, which extends outside of thecase. The body of these cylinders a may be of tin, which is fastened todisks 9 h, of wood or other suitable material, which form the ends ofthe cylinders. Inside of the cylinders c is another or third disk, 70,which is adjustable inside of the cylinder by means of the screw 1,which passes from outside of the cylinder through the disk g, and isattached to the disks k.

In the sides of the cylinders e are two openin gs-m, which may be round,as shown in the drawings, and n,which is of a pear or diamond shape theobject of this form being to prevent more than one shot from beingcaught between the edge of the opening a and the bottom of the opening(I.

Extending under the row of cylinders c is an inclined bottom, 0, whichhas an opening, 9, at the bottom of the incline, so as to discharge theshot into a drawer, q, which is fitted into the lower part of the case.

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In the front side of each of the bins I) is an opening, 1", covered withglass, so as to show the different-sized shot.

The operation of my improved shot-case is as follows: Thedifferent-sized shot is put in the bins I), the cylinders 0 being turnedso that the openings d are closed by the sides of the cylinders. Thedisk k is adjusted so that each cylinder will contain a pound, or otheramount, by weight, of shot, and as a certain bulk of small shot weighsmore than the same bulk of large shot, the disks 7; in the cylinder willhave to be adjusted so as to vary the capacity of the differentcylinders accordingly. By turning one of the handles f a quarter-wayround the opening a in the cylinder 0 is brought under the opening (I,the shot falls from the bin and fills the cylinder. The cylinder is thenturned to its original position, and the shot therein contained fallsthrough the opening on onto the inclined bottom 0, and thence throughthe openingp into the drawer q.

The advantages of my invention are that the different-sized shot arearranged in a convenient case, and a certain amount, by weightmeasure,may be easily drawn therefrom. I have spoken of the cylinders ormeasurers 0 being adjusted so as to contain a pound of shot; but theymay be adjusted to measure any fraction of a pound, or more than a poundby increasing their size. The hole or opening on in the cylinder 0 maybe dispensed with, the shot being discharged from the openinga, in whichcase it would be necessary to give the cylinders a half instead of aquarter revolution.

Having thus described my intention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In combination with a case for holding shot, an adjustable measurer,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a shot-case for retailing shot, the combination of the bins 1),adjustable measurer e, inclined bottom 0, and drawer q, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 100 my hand the 22d day ofMarch, A. D. 1881.

BENJAMIN OORWIN.

Witnesses I A. G. BANKS, J O. GoUL.

